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My small dog just had a small drop of brownish red blood come out of her rectum, and so I took her out to potty and she had a softer stool than usual, but still solidly formed. My boyfriend gave her a small piece of pizza this morning, and after she had a gooey stool but, obviously things were more firm this evening. I’m taking her to the vet tomorrow to get one of her shots updated, but do I need to find an emergency vet now, even if she’s acting completely normal?
I just noticed a quarter sized swollen spot on my 9-10 week old puppys hind led no hair loss not itchy but it has a greenish puss/scabby substance on a small fraction of it what could this be?
My dog smells like something rotten even after a thorough bath. This began about 2 weeks ago and at first I thought he had rolled on something dead while he was outside. I gave him a bath promptly. That seemed to help for about a day. I watched him closely to make sure he wasn’t rolling around on something and he did not. He’s had several baths since, but no change… Still smells horrible after a day or so. He’s always had dandruff, but recently it’s been very excessive. The last time I was bathing him (he usually LOVES bath time) he whimpered the whole time like I was hurting him. What could be going on? Some sort of skin infection? He’s had a mild one before (treated w/ antibiotics) but nothing that ever made him smell like death! Included photos of his “dandruff” (quotations because I’ve never seen anything like this)
I bought home two 8 week old chihuahuas today, I was told they had been given flea treatment two weeks ago however, I have found fleas on them? What should I do?
Do you know what kind of flea medication was used on them? I would contact your vet tomorrow to see if you can get them in to be examined for their 8 week puppy shots etc and see what type of flea medicine your vet recommends. As for tonight I would give them both a bath to try to remove any live fleas and remove flea dirt so it is less likely to leave fleas or eggs in your house.
Good Luck
Dr Dawn
Thank you both – I’ve contacted my vet and got them booked in for first thing tomorrow morning. I’m also going to get treatment for my house – recommended by the vet, so hopefully can stop it from spreading. They are a couple days over 8 weeks and have already had their first infections, so I need to schedule the second injection, microchip and flea/worming plan.
My dogs eye is pinkish red. It gets crusty. Do dogs get pink eye? What can we do to treat it?
My husky is only 5 months old. He’s acting weirdly in an on and off basis. He starts having thick drools with head and tail down walking round and round. Please advice.
since last night I’m detecting this strong odor around Cookie; seems it’s coming from urine (as I detect it when I sniff stains on her pee pads as well when sniffing around her rear end. It is strong enough that I caught a whiff even as she just walked pass me.
Here is the thing – it is strong but not really a stink and not anything I’ve ever smelled before which I’d know what it might be. Smells kind of sweet and the closes thing I can compare it to is the way my hair spray used to smell like (back when I still had hair and was using hair spray) when particles dried and mixed with dust.
That is very confusing and I don’t know what to make of that. I imagine infection would have BAD odor whether bacterial or yeast …? I don’t want to just assume it might be from the meds as assumption is the mother of all f*** ups. Friend’s dog was on chemo so when her urine reeked they assumed it was from the chemo. Meanwhile it was a massive UTI and went under the radar until the dog exploded with blood from her bladder. (potty accidents and other issues were chalked up to the original issue the dog had, massive brain and brain stem inflammation).
So I don’t want to make the same mistake and assume one of the meds are behind the smell when something else could be going on.
Thoughts?
honestly…i would get a vet involved. sometimes they can identify a malady based on the smell, but they’d want to do further diagnostics.
I AM getting vet involved but no vet in today; doesn’t look like an emergency and tomorrow she’s traveling “to the other end of the world” for physio appointment. So trying to see if anybody has any experience or insights.
Quite sure it’s coming from the urinogenital area, as that’s where strongest when I sniff her all around as well as stain on pee pad also had this odor. Only slight actual urine odor mixed in with it.
has she been tested for diabetes?
Blood work and urinalysis about a month ago. Clean. No signs of an issue other than the strange odor which started yesterday. No increased drinking, no increased urination, no other signs.
weird. good luck figuring it out!
Weird is the word. It is possible it’s from one of the meds she’s on I just don’t want to make faulty assumptions.
my 2yr.old 20lb. chi/corgi followed me out to the garage 1/2 hr ago and I believe he ate some green mouse pellets9poison)
Call emergency vet ASAP!!!
My cat gets UTIs from time to time. Usually my vet will come to my house and write an RX for food. He is out of the country and I cannot take my cat out of the house. He gets very nervous. Can anyone recommend someone ? I am in Brooklyn, NY
Maybe call a vet that does housecalls?
Good luck!
~kelly
Fish question-my fish has a white area on both sides of his tail, looks like something is on him. He is also sitting vertically a lot and hasn’t eaten lately. Any ideas?
Sitting vertically could mean he is bloated. You are either feeding him too much or he cannot properly digest his food.
Thank you Michelle p for answering. He is on beta diet so I don’t think he should have a problem digesting right? As far as over eating, he hasn’t been eating at all. I put 4-5 pellets in like supposed to, he usually doesn’t even surface to see what it is. Now he is laying on the bottom of his bowl like he is not feeling well.
omg go to the vet !!!!!!